Saturday, 2 October 2021

So You Want To Go To Grad School

In the Academic Humanities?



China Using One Belt One Road Initiative In Africa

To spread authoritarianism globally.



Sportswoman of the Year in New Zealand

Controversial transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard.



The Quest for Rare Wood is Endangering Forests

Now we can just 3D-print replicas made from wood waste instead.



Real Estate Newsletter

The fight for L.A.’s most extravagant mansion.



Canada’s ‘Bank of Mom and Dad’ Returning Us to 19th-Century Inheritance Culture

The large-scale transfer of inter-generational wealth is a sign this country is reverting to the harsh class system that once dominated Britain, France and Russia.



’'My Little Pony’ Goes Woke

Netflix’s ‘political’ movie shows the baddies as ‘anti-science’ as the progressive ponies unite with a message of unity and reform.



Psychological Warfare. Public Opinion Warfare. Legal Warfare.

‘3 Warfares’ doctrine underpins the Chinese Communist Party’s sprawling campaign to infiltrate the West.





On Facebook Before the 2020 Election

Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month.



Sunday, 26 September 2021

‘Bodies With Vaginas’

Lancet slammed for ‘erasing women’ after promoting latest issue with controversial quote.



Call of The Wild

Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a ‘lab leak.’



Enlisted, Enslaved, Enthroned

Vandals, Goths, Alemanni, Sueves... the Romans grappled endlessly with the status of ethnic peoples in their vast empire.



Plagues and Empires

What can the decline of the Roman Empire and the end of European feudalism tell us about COVID-19 and the future of the West?



Vast Early America

There is no American history without the histories of Indigenous and enslaved peoples. And this past has consequences today.



An Idea With Bite

The ‘selfish gene’ persists for the reason all good scientific metaphors do: it remains a sharp tool for clear thinking.



What Is ‘The West’?

While the West belonged to a European geography, its name meant something. Now it is a vague invocation, laden with fear.